Job Vacancy Trend Salary Trend Salary Histogram Job Locations Skill Sets
Period
to 21 October 2018

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West with a requirement for C skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited C over the 6 months to 21 October 2018 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

C
England > South West
6 months to
21 Oct 2018		 Same period 2017 Same period 2016
Rank 24 56 51
Rank change year-on-year +32 -5 -9
Permanent jobs citing C 910 590 571
As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in the South West 8.89% 5.86% 5.25%
As % of the Programming Languages category 14.69% 9.75% 9.38%
Number of salaries quoted 652 491 391
South West median annual salary £46,000 £42,500 £44,000
Median salary % change year-on-year +8.24% -3.41% +10.00%
10th Percentile £27,750 £27,500 £27,875
90th Percentile £62,500 £67,500 £61,250
England median annual salary £50,000 £47,500 £48,000
% change year-on-year +5.26% -1.04% +6.67%

C is in the Programming Languages category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West with a requirement for coding skills.

All Programming Languages
South West
Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 6,194 6,049 6,085
As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in the South West 60.52% 60.13% 55.96%
Number of salaries quoted 5,190 5,139 5,213
South West median annual salary £44,500 £41,377 £40,000
Median salary % change year-on-year +7.55% +3.44% +3.90%
10th Percentile £27,500 £26,250 £26,250
90th Percentile £64,438 £62,500 £60,000
England median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +5.56%

C
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Job postings citing C as a percentage of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for C in the South West

C
Salary Trend in the South West

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing C in the South West.

Salary trend for C in the South West

C
Salary Histogram in the South West

The salary distribution of IT jobs citing C in the South West over the 6 months to 21 October 2018.

Salary histogram for C in the South West

C
Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing C within the South West region over the 6 months to 21 October 2018. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads		 Median Salary
Past 6 Months		 Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Live
Job
Vacancies
Gloucestershire +23 329 £47,500 - 33
Bristol +19 261 £47,500 +5.56% 70
Wiltshire +23 95 £47,500 +26.67% 23
Dorset -7 91 £50,000 +11.11% 21
Devon +29 53 £35,000 -17.65% 13
Somerset +35 37 £42,250 +5.63% 7
Cornwall -4 35 £31,500 -16.00% 17
C
England

For the 6 months to 21 October 2018, IT jobs citing C also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the South West region with a requirement for C.

1 429 (47.14%) C++
2 415 (45.60%) Software Engineering
2 415 (45.60%) Security Cleared
3 269 (29.56%) Agile Software Development
4 257 (28.24%) Linux
5 240 (26.37%) Python
6 231 (25.38%) DV Cleared
7 225 (24.73%) Degree
8 220 (24.18%) SC Cleared
9 218 (23.96%) Java
10 183 (20.11%) C#
11 167 (18.35%) Windows
12 137 (15.05%) UML
13 135 (14.84%) Scrum
14 116 (12.75%) Embedded C
15 109 (11.98%) Cybersecurity
16 104 (11.43%) Finance
17 103 (11.32%) Computer Science
18 101 (11.10%) OO
19 100 (10.99%) Embedded Systems
20 93 (10.22%) Git (software)
21 90 (9.89%) JavaScript
22 87 (9.56%) Electronics
23 85 (9.34%) Problem-Solving
24 84 (9.23%) Continuous Integration
25 81 (8.90%) Validation
26 79 (8.68%) HTML
27 78 (8.57%) JIRA
28 77 (8.46%) Embedded C++
28 77 (8.46%) Android

C
Co-occurring IT Skills in the South West by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 32 (3.52%) Confluence
2 28 (3.08%) Apache
3 18 (1.98%) Elasticsearch
4 16 (1.76%) Apache Pig
5 10 (1.10%) SharePoint
5 10 (1.10%) WebLogic
6 8 (0.88%) Umbraco
7 7 (0.77%) Apache Spark
8 5 (0.55%) GlassFish
8 5 (0.55%) Tomcat
9 4 (0.44%) ArcGIS
10 3 (0.33%) IIS
10 3 (0.33%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 2 (0.22%) CMS
11 2 (0.22%) Drupal
11 2 (0.22%) GeoServer
12 1 (0.11%) Apache Solr
12 1 (0.11%) Exchange Server 2003
12 1 (0.11%) MS Exchange
12 1 (0.11%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 24 (2.64%) MS Visio
2 23 (2.53%) Microsoft Office
3 14 (1.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 10 (1.10%) Microsoft Excel
5 6 (0.66%) Acrobat
6 5 (0.55%) Simulink
7 3 (0.33%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 3 (0.33%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (0.11%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 38 (4.18%) Amazon AWS
2 28 (3.08%) Microsoft Azure
3 12 (1.32%) Cloud Computing
4 9 (0.99%) SaaS
5 8 (0.88%) GitHub
6 7 (0.77%) Google Cloud Platform
7 3 (0.33%) Amazon EC2
7 3 (0.33%) Amazon S3
8 2 (0.22%) Amazon SQS
9 1 (0.11%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 1 (0.11%) Azure Data Factory
9 1 (0.11%) Dynamics 365
9 1 (0.11%) Office 365
9 1 (0.11%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 56 (6.15%) TCP/IP
2 54 (5.93%) Firewall
3 41 (4.51%) HTTP
4 39 (4.29%) SSL
5 38 (4.18%) Ethernet
6 22 (2.42%) Internet
7 21 (2.31%) Network Security
8 20 (2.20%) RS-232
8 20 (2.20%) SNMP
9 19 (2.09%) Wi-Fi
10 16 (1.76%) VPN
10 16 (1.76%) Wireless
11 15 (1.65%) LAN
12 14 (1.54%) Bluetooth
12 14 (1.54%) IPsec
13 13 (1.43%) HTTPS
13 13 (1.43%) VoIP
14 12 (1.32%) 4G
14 12 (1.32%) VLAN
15 11 (1.21%) ZigBee
Database & Business Intelligence
1 64 (7.03%) Big Data
2 44 (4.84%) MySQL
2 44 (4.84%) SQL Server
3 28 (3.08%) Hadoop
4 20 (2.20%) Apache Hive
5 16 (1.76%) PostgreSQL
6 12 (1.32%) Geospatial Data
6 12 (1.32%) MongoDB
7 8 (0.88%) NoSQL
8 7 (0.77%) GIS
8 7 (0.77%) MariaDB
8 7 (0.77%) Neo4j
9 6 (0.66%) Apache Cassandra
9 6 (0.66%) Electronic Patient Records
10 3 (0.33%) SQLite
11 2 (0.22%) Data Mining
11 2 (0.22%) Data Warehouse
11 2 (0.22%) Redis
11 2 (0.22%) Relational Database
11 2 (0.22%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 93 (10.22%) Git (software)
2 78 (8.57%) JIRA
3 49 (5.38%) Subversion
4 42 (4.62%) Jenkins
5 40 (4.40%) Rational DOORS
6 36 (3.96%) Eclipse
7 34 (3.74%) Maven
8 30 (3.30%) Visual Studio
9 29 (3.19%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 27 (2.97%) Selenium
11 24 (2.64%) Bitbucket
12 20 (2.20%) Ant
13 19 (2.09%) Apache Ivy
14 18 (1.98%) git-flow
15 16 (1.76%) CodeSonar
15 16 (1.76%) Robot Framework
16 15 (1.65%) JUnit
17 13 (1.43%) GCC
18 12 (1.32%) Gerrit
18 12 (1.32%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 104 (11.43%) Finance
2 87 (9.56%) Electronics
3 45 (4.95%) Military
4 41 (4.51%) Telecoms
5 36 (3.96%) Aerospace
6 35 (3.85%) Games
7 33 (3.63%) Automotive
7 33 (3.63%) Marketing
8 21 (2.31%) Law
9 18 (1.98%) Manufacturing
10 17 (1.87%) Retail
11 10 (1.10%) Japanese Language
12 8 (0.88%) Banking
13 7 (0.77%) Mandarin Language
14 4 (0.44%) Music Industry
15 3 (0.33%) Advertising
16 2 (0.22%) Avionics
16 2 (0.22%) Multimedia
16 2 (0.22%) Publishing
17 1 (0.11%) Legal
Job Titles
1 304 (33.41%) Software Engineer
2 119 (13.08%) Developer
3 108 (11.87%) C++ Software Engineer
4 93 (10.22%) Embedded Engineer
5 77 (8.46%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 77 (8.46%) Systems Engineer
6 62 (6.81%) Software Developer
7 58 (6.37%) Senior Software Engineer
8 55 (6.04%) Java Engineer
9 53 (5.82%) Java Software Engineer
10 44 (4.84%) Analyst
11 38 (4.18%) C Software Engineer
12 37 (4.07%) C# Software Engineer
13 36 (3.96%) Architect
14 32 (3.52%) Test Engineer
15 29 (3.19%) Security Engineer
16 28 (3.08%) Consultant
17 26 (2.86%) C/C++ Software Engineer
18 24 (2.64%) Linux Engineer
18 24 (2.64%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 79 (8.68%) HTML
2 74 (8.13%) .NET
3 59 (6.48%) XML
4 43 (4.73%) Node.js
5 37 (4.07%) CSS
6 35 (3.85%) Spring
7 32 (3.52%) .NET Framework
8 30 (3.30%) AngularJS
8 30 (3.30%) Qt
9 28 (3.08%) Java EE
10 27 (2.97%) Django
11 26 (2.86%) WPF
12 25 (2.75%) EJB
12 25 (2.75%) LAMP
13 22 (2.42%) STL
14 20 (2.20%) SOAP
15 19 (2.09%) HTML5
15 19 (2.09%) J2EE
15 19 (2.09%) Middleware
15 19 (2.09%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 103 (11.32%) Computer Science
2 100 (10.99%) Embedded Systems
3 50 (5.49%) Analytical Skills
4 41 (4.51%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
5 38 (4.18%) Algorithms
6 30 (3.30%) Self-Motivation
7 29 (3.19%) User Experience
8 25 (2.75%) Management Information System
9 18 (1.98%) Greenfield Project
9 18 (1.98%) Robotics
10 15 (1.65%) ASIC
10 15 (1.65%) Device Driver
11 14 (1.54%) Cybercrime
12 13 (1.43%) CAN bus
13 11 (1.21%) Verilog
14 10 (1.10%) Data Centre
14 10 (1.10%) iPhone
14 10 (1.10%) VHDL
15 9 (0.99%) SystemC
16 8 (0.88%) Enterprise Cloud
Operating Systems
1 257 (28.24%) Linux
2 167 (18.35%) Windows
3 77 (8.46%) Android
4 66 (7.25%) Apple iOS
5 34 (3.74%) Unix
6 27 (2.97%) Mac OS X
7 20 (2.20%) Embedded Linux
8 16 (1.76%) CentOS
9 14 (1.54%) Windows 10
10 12 (1.32%) FreeRTOS
10 12 (1.32%) Windows 7
11 10 (1.10%) Windows Phone
12 9 (0.99%) Windows XP
13 8 (0.88%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 7 (0.77%) SafeRTOS
14 7 (0.77%) Windows Server
15 5 (0.55%) ThreadX
15 5 (0.55%) Ubuntu
16 3 (0.33%) Nucleus RTOS
16 3 (0.33%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 415 (45.60%) Software Engineering
2 269 (29.56%) Agile Software Development
3 137 (15.05%) UML
4 135 (14.84%) Scrum
5 109 (11.98%) Cybersecurity
6 101 (11.10%) OO
7 85 (9.34%) Problem-Solving
8 84 (9.23%) Continuous Integration
9 81 (8.90%) Validation
10 76 (8.35%) TDD
11 70 (7.69%) Test Automation
12 68 (7.47%) Mathematics
13 63 (6.92%) OOD
14 57 (6.26%) Mentoring
15 55 (6.04%) Collaborative Working
15 55 (6.04%) SDLC
16 53 (5.82%) DevOps
17 52 (5.71%) Analytics
17 52 (5.71%) Project Management
18 51 (5.60%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 429 (47.14%) C++
2 240 (26.37%) Python
3 218 (23.96%) Java
4 183 (20.11%) C#
5 116 (12.75%) Embedded C
6 90 (9.89%) JavaScript
7 77 (8.46%) Embedded C++
8 71 (7.80%) SQL
9 57 (6.26%) PHP
10 50 (5.49%) Bash Shell
11 40 (4.40%) Objective-C
12 31 (3.41%) PowerShell
13 30 (3.30%) Assembly Language
13 30 (3.30%) Perl
14 21 (2.31%) Shell Script
15 16 (1.76%) MATLAB
16 15 (1.65%) VB
17 11 (1.21%) Ada
17 11 (1.21%) Ruby
18 9 (0.99%) Go
Qualifications
1 415 (45.60%) Security Cleared
2 231 (25.38%) DV Cleared
3 225 (24.73%) Degree
4 220 (24.18%) SC Cleared
5 33 (3.63%) CCNA
5 33 (3.63%) Cisco Certification
6 32 (3.52%) CISSP
6 32 (3.52%) Microsoft Certification
7 31 (3.41%) Computer Science Degree
7 31 (3.41%) MCSE
8 29 (3.19%) CompTIA Security+
8 29 (3.19%) GIAC
8 29 (3.19%) Linux+ Certification
8 29 (3.19%) Network+ Certification
8 29 (3.19%) SANS
8 29 (3.19%) SSCP
9 16 (1.76%) APMP
10 13 (1.43%) Chartered Engineer
11 12 (1.32%) ITIL Certification
12 11 (1.21%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (3.63%) QA
2 15 (1.65%) IEC 61508
3 13 (1.43%) ISO/IEC 15288
4 12 (1.32%) ECSS
4 12 (1.32%) MISRA
5 10 (1.10%) DO-178B
5 10 (1.10%) SLA
6 8 (0.88%) Def Stans
7 7 (0.77%) ISO 9001
8 5 (0.55%) ISO 15765
8 5 (0.55%) MISRA C
9 4 (0.44%) ISO/IEC 20000
9 4 (0.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 3 (0.33%) RMADS
11 2 (0.22%) Data Quality
11 2 (0.22%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 2 (0.22%) ISO 26262
11 2 (0.22%) JSP 440
12 1 (0.11%) PCI DSS
12 1 (0.11%) WCAG
System Software
1 44 (4.84%) Firmware
2 42 (4.62%) Docker
3 19 (2.09%) vSphere
4 13 (1.43%) Active Directory
5 12 (1.32%) VMware Infrastructure
6 11 (1.21%) VMware ESXi
6 11 (1.21%) VMware NSX
7 10 (1.10%) NFS
7 10 (1.10%) Samba
8 4 (0.44%) pfSense
8 4 (0.44%) Snort
8 4 (0.44%) XenApp
9 3 (0.33%) Hyper-V
9 3 (0.33%) VirtualBox
9 3 (0.33%) Xen
10 2 (0.22%) Virtual Machines
11 1 (0.11%) Apache ZooKeeper
11 1 (0.11%) ISA Server
11 1 (0.11%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 28 (3.08%) Puppet
2 17 (1.87%) Ansible
3 16 (1.76%) Salt
4 14 (1.54%) vCenter Server
5 12 (1.32%) Nagios
6 7 (0.77%) HP ALM
7 6 (0.66%) Opscode Chef
8 4 (0.44%) Kubernetes
8 4 (0.44%) PTC Integrity
9 3 (0.33%) Docker Swarm
9 3 (0.33%) PowerCLI
10 2 (0.22%) OpenNMS
10 2 (0.22%) OSSEC
10 2 (0.22%) Terraform
10 2 (0.22%) ZABBIX
11 1 (0.11%) FortiGate
11 1 (0.11%) Hadoop YARN
11 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Clustering
11 1 (0.11%) NetBackup
11 1 (0.11%) Veritas Storage Foundation
Vendors
1 63 (6.92%) Microsoft
2 33 (3.63%) Atlassian
3 31 (3.41%) Cisco
4 25 (2.75%) VMware
5 21 (2.31%) EMC
6 18 (1.98%) Oracle
7 15 (1.65%) Red Hat
8 10 (1.10%) IBM
8 10 (1.10%) NetApp
8 10 (1.10%) SolarWinds
9 8 (0.88%) HP
9 8 (0.88%) Juniper
10 7 (0.77%) CA
10 7 (0.77%) SAP
11 6 (0.66%) Adobe
11 6 (0.66%) Citrix
11 6 (0.66%) Dell
11 6 (0.66%) Sencha
12 5 (0.55%) Cadence
12 5 (0.55%) Facebook